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FENCE.

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turn STATES JOHN XY. READ, OF VEST SALEM, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 4Letters Patent No. 285,677, dated September 25, 1883.

Application filed March 9, 1883.

T all, whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. READ, of West Salem, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the followaway of stubble or weedy growths from about it, and which may be quickly erected and easily set up, removed, or repaired.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which similar .letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a fence constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the wire connections for supporting and bracinglhe. rails or boards of the fence', and Fig; 3 represents a modified construction of fence-post.

I make the wooden supporting-posts of the fence of a frame of inverted-V form in general outline, using upright posts a a, connected at top and bottom by brace-bars b c, respectively, and I set the feet of the posts` in sockets of earthen tiles el. The overhang of the inner edges of the tops of posts a serves to lock the overlapped ends e of rails c upon the bracebars bin a manner to prevent rising of the rails from the said brace-bars, and without the use of special fastenings for the purpose. To secure the ends c of railse firmly to each other, and suspend the intermediate rails, f, and bottom rails, g, from posts a, by said rails e, I use the wire hangers h, (shown in Fig. 2,) which are bent at the top or head 'to be wrapped around the overlapped ends c of the top rails, e, at both sides of the fence-posts, and bent upon themselves to form eyes t at evenlyspaced intervals, in which eyes the clip-wires j, for securing the ends of the lower rails, fg,

are fastened.

The manner of attachment of the rails f g by the clip-wires j, by wrapping around the rails, is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

By using hangers h at both sides of the posts a b c, I provide'for hanging the rails f g inline with each other, but held apart at their ends,

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| as shown, and the wire connections being strong, I am thus enabled to construct a substantial fence, as regards the middle and lower rails, f g, with much less material than if said rails overlapped each other at the ends, and, besides, the disconnection or sepa-ration of said rails at their ends affords facilities for removing easily any one or more panels or rails of the fence for a gateway or for repairs, rendering the fence strictly portable, and I may connect the ends of the adjacent lower rails, g, of the fence by splice-bars 7c before securing the lower rails, g, by their clips j and in localities within the range of violent wind-storms, I shall anchor the fence by strong galvanized wires Z, passing around the splice-bars 7c, or one or both rails g, and secured to the anchorplates m, firmly embedded in the ground.

The height of fences thus constructed may be varied at willby changing the number of the rails or their distance apart and it will be observed that the lower brace-bars, c, rest upon the tiles or base-blocks d, for better balance and distribution of the weight of the fence, which is heldA clear of the ground for more easy clearance of weeds, stubble, and wild undergrowths from about the fence.

At times it may be preferredto suspend the rails or boards of the fence from a single hanger h, which may be done by having clips j extended from or fitted at both sides of the hanger, as shownin full and dotted lines of Fig. 2, in which case the hanger will pass between or along the adjacent ends of the rails or boards of adjoining panels of the fence and the ends secured by the opposite clip-wires j as independently of each other, for erection and removal, as with the hangers arranged at both sides of theposts of Fig. 1.

Each panel, or every second, third, or fourth panel, ofthe fence may be braced-by the crossed wooden or metallic braces o, secured in any approved way to support the fence against falling or swaying lengthwise, if desired.

rIhe metallic posts r (shown in Fig. 3) may be substituted for the posts a b c of Fig. 1, said posts r being formed, preferably, of a single piece of galvanized wire or rod bent upon itself at the center to form the top socket, rest, or support, s, for the crossed rails e or boards of the fence, the members tbeing spread apart toward the ends or feet u,wliich are fitted with IOO suitable anchor platos or blocks, o, to be enll ping top r21s,e, supported on cross-bar I), the bedded, with the feet u of the Wire, iirinly in rails ej' g, coming short of Contact at their ad- 1o the ground for support of the fence, as Will jacent ends, the Wires h 7L, and the bar k, as readily be understood. shown and described. I un aware that the supporting-frames and JOHN W. READ. the hangers are not broadly new; but

That I do claim as of my invention is- The combination of the frames a b c, the lap- Witnesses:

JAMEs JEFFERY, MARY MITCHELL. 

